If You Were Me and Lived on….Mars is an enchanting imagined journey to the Red Planet. Carole P. Roman has written many colorful, fun, and educational books for children, including her popular If You Were Me…and Lived in series for... Read More

It’s a fight for resources on one side of Gas Mountain, where residents willing to share and forgive teach an important lesson to kids. A. M. Shah’s "Monster Fart Wars" is a silly and entertaining story for young children who enjoy... Read More

This children’s book is imbued with enough sassy depictions of cat mischief and historical details to also interest an adult audience. What the beloved Eloise books are to the Plaza Hotel, "Matilda, the Algonquin Cat" is to the... Read More

Learning to share and play nicely with other children can be a challenge. In "Salad Pie", Maggie finds the playground deserted when she arrives. This, she feels, is the perfect environment for making salad pie. She is not happy when... Read More

In a world filled with distraction and noise, Stone’s book is a welcome call to come home to ourselves and to our place in nature. There is magic in the music of the birds, wild dreams to be dreamed, and much, much more to be seen... Read More

This review does not have words—excepting: brainy, entertaining, and satirical. That and smart-alecky, comic, adorable, artistic, and snort-out-loud funny. This review does not have words in the same way the book doesn’t have words... Read More

Zartman skillfully explores assisted suicide and the border between physical and spiritual reality. A near-death experience leads to a murder charge in There’s a Place, a provocative glimpse of one woman’s perception of the... Read More

A lion creates a “gay pride” in this vividly illustrated and uplifting story. For those who recognize the lack of LGBT-themed picture books in the market, "George the Gay Lion" will be welcomed with utter joy. The gorgeously rendered... Read More